Mortimer and his first wife, the writer Penelope Fletcher, were something of an 'it' couple, and were often photographed by a curious press with their children and stepchildren. This picture shows (left to right) Deborah, Madelon, Penelope, Jeremy, John, Julia, Caroline, Sally in 1959. Taken from A Voyage Round John Mortimer, the authorised biography by Valerie Grove, Published by Penguin